The Astrophysical Plasmadynamic Explorer (APEX): A high resolution spectroscopic observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4854, Issue , 2002, Pages 640-653

  Kowalski, M P ^a   Cruddace, R G ^a   Wood, K S ^a   Yentis, D J ^a   Gursky, H ^a   Barbee Jr , T W ^b   Goldstein, W H ^b   Kordas, J F ^b   Fritz, G G ^c   Hunter, W R ^d   Barstow, M A ^e   Bannister, N P ^e   Culhane, J L ^f   Lapington, J S ^f,g  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PRAXIS INC   (United States)

^d SFA INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction gratings; Extreme ultraviolet; Multilayer coatings; Satellite instrument; Spectrometers

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PLASMAS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMADYNAMIC EXPLORER; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATORY; MULTILAYER COATINGS; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0037855697     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459808     Document Type: Conference Paper

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